Part 10

The Last Job

I couldn't believe what I was doing, what I was sucked into, now. Stryker needed Victor and me to got to some school and get some DNA from some mutant named Scott Summers. That was about all I knew.

"Victor, I can't believe we're doing this." I said. He looked at me.

"Carly, I'll do all the fighting. You just stay back where it's safe. You hear me?" he said. We'd been through this already. I was now 5 ½ months along and Victor didn't want me doing anything or anywhere near anything that could risk me getting hurt.

"I know, Victor, but, I cant' believe we're even here." I said.

"Carly, this is a simple job. Get in, knock the kid out, and take some of his blood. No killing. And my brother won't be here to get in the way this time." he assured me.

"So, we're going to a school? How old is this kid, anyway?" I asked.

"High School student. Probably around your age, maybe a year or 2 younger."

"What exactly is this guy's mutant power?" I asked.

"Something about shooting some kind of beam of energy out of his eyes." Victor answered. I looked at him.

"So, exactly how powerful is this mutant?" I asked, my voice faltering a little. Victor must have sensed it right away, or heard it in my voice.

"Carly, this kid can't do anything strong enough to hurt me. Don't worry." he assured me. I was so scared of losing Victor. He was the only thing I had right now. He kept me safe, and I love him. I didn't want to lose him. If I did, what would I do? I'd be the next experiment on Stryker's list, I'd be without the man I love, and our baby would never know it's father. I'm pretty sure I couldn't leave. I don't think Stryker would let me. And even if I did leave, where could I go? I could try to find Logan. But, no one knew where he was, not even Stryker. Where would I even start? I pushed those thoughts away. I didn't want to think about living without Victor. And, anyway, let's face it. Victor was probably right. This mutant probably wasn't powerful enough to do anything to him. We walked around to a window on the side of the school. Inside, there was a classroom. It was after school hours and there was one lone young man writing on the chalkboard, a thin brunette, wearing sunglasses, red tinted, and khaki pants and a light blue denim jean jacket. That must have been Scott Summers. The sunglasses must have had something to do with his powers, I figured.

"Is that him?" I asked. Victor nodded. Victor tapped a clawed finger on the glass of the window. Scott looked at the window, a look of fear on his face when he saw Victor. He ran from the room and down the hall. Victor ran around the front of the school to the front door. I felt a slight moving in my lower body. I put my hands on my abdomen.

"I know." I said to myself, or rather the baby inside of me, "I don't like this, either. This is a bad idea. Your daddy does some things that are really not too smart sometimes." I walked around to the front doors just to see Victor step through into the school as Scott Summers came running towards the doors. He slid to a stop when he saw Victor. I'm not sure why Scott was so afraid of Victor. He hadn't done anything to make Scott so scared. But, then again, someone would be intimidated by Victor if they didn't know him. Hell, some people who did know Victor were intimidated by him.

"A little dark for sunglasses." Victor said, grinning his fanged grin. Scott took off down the hall in the other direction. Victor chuckled and ran after him. I followed, but I was still a distance away from them. Victor swiped at Scott, tripping him and knocking his glasses off as he fell to the floor face first. A huge, red beam of energy shot from his eyes, leveling half of the school. I stopped dead in my tracks, staring as Victor went over to Scott and held him down.

"No. Please." Scott said, keeping his eyes closed.

"Victor." came colonel Strykers voice as he walked past me and over to Victor and Scott and injected Scott with a tranquilizer, knocking him out. Stryker kept walking, towards the other set of doors that also led outside. Then, he stopped and turned around to face Victor.

"Now, all that's left is Logan. I trust you can handle that." Stryker said.

"I did before, didn't I?" Victor said.

"Oh yes. You did that." Stryker answered.

"Our deal still stands, right?"

"Oh, yes. Bag 'em and tag 'em, captain" Stryker said, and kept walking.

I finally walked over to Victor and Scott.

"Carly, what did I tell you about staying away from the fighting?" Victor said, standing up.

"Victor, I kept my distance. I'm fine. See?" I said. He put his hands firmly on my shoulders.

"Carly, this whole building could have been blown all the way to Alkalai Lake. And you with it. And our baby." he said, his voice firm.

"Victor, I'm sorry. I'll be more careful next time. But, look, I'm fine. The baby is fine." I said, as I took his hand and he led me guide it down to my abdomen. He stared for a moment as we felt the baby move, and I smiled at Victor and he grinned his fanged grin.

"See, told you. The baby is fine." I said, reassuring him.

"Are you 2 coming or what?" Stryker yelled to us from down the hall. Victor picked Scott Summers up and slung him over his shoulder, carrying him out the doors after Stryker. I followed next to Victor as we walked back to the van.